diff --git a/spring-jersey/pom.xml b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
index 293850d41e..41ebb9a6b5 100644
--- a/spring-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <packaging>war</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <jersey.version>2.25</jersey.version>
+        <jersey.version>2.25.1</jersey.version>
         <jcl.slf4j.version>1.7.22</jcl.slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.8</logback.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
diff --git a/spring-jersey/src/main/java/com/baeldung/client/rest/RestClient.java b/spring-jersey/src/main/java/com/baeldung/client/rest/RestClient.java
index 0e45b68b14..34f7d45601 100644
--- a/spring-jersey/src/main/java/com/baeldung/client/rest/RestClient.java
+++ b/spring-jersey/src/main/java/com/baeldung/client/rest/RestClient.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RestClient {
     }
 
     public Employee getJsonEmployee(int id) {
-        return client.target(REST_URI).path(new Integer(id).toString()).request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).get(Employee.class);
+        return client.target(REST_URI).path(String.valueOf(id)).request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).get(Employee.class);
     }
 
     public Response createXmlEmployee(Employee emp) {
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ public class RestClient {
     }
 
     public Employee getXmlEmployee(int id) {
-        return client.target(REST_URI).path(new Integer(id).toString()).request(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML).get(Employee.class);
+        return client.target(REST_URI).path(String.valueOf(id)).request(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML).get(Employee.class);
     }
 }